Pipeline Safety: Random Drug Testing Rate; Management Information System Reporting; and Obtaining Drug and Alcohol Management Information System Sign-In Information, 63701-63702 [2018-26750]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials
Safety Administration
[Docket ID PHMSA–2018–0103]
Pipeline Safety: Random Drug Testing
Rate; Management Information System
Reporting; and Obtaining Drug and
Alcohol Management Information
System Sign-In Information
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PHMSA has determined that
the minimum random drug testing rate
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Notice of Calendar Year 2019 Minimum
Annual Percentage Rate for Random
Drug Testing
Operators of natural gas, hazardous
liquid, and carbon dioxide pipelines
and operators of liquefied natural gas
and underground natural gas storage
facilities must randomly select and test
a percentage of all covered employees
for prohibited drug use in accordance
with 49 CFR part 199. Pursuant to
§ 199.105(c)(1), the PHMSA minimum
annual random drug testing rate for all
covered employees is 50 percent. The
Administrator can adjust this random
drug testing rate based on the reported
positive rate in the pipeline industry’s
random drug tests, which is submitted
in operators’ annual Management
Information System (MIS) reports as
required by § 199.119(a). In accordance
with § 199.105(c)(3), if the reported
positive drug test rate is below 1 percent
for 2 consecutive years, the
Administrator can reduce the random
drug testing rate to 25 percent of all
covered employees. In calendar year
2017, the random drug test positive rate
for the entire pipeline industry was
reported at greater than 1 percent;
therefore, the minimum annual random
drug testing rate for calendar year 2019
is maintained at 50 percent of all
covered employees.
Reminder for Operators To Report
Contractor MIS Data
Pipeline and Hazardous
Materials Safety Administration
(PHMSA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of Calendar Year 2019
Minimum Annual Percentage Rate for
Random Drug Testing, Reminder for
Operators to Report Contractor MIS
Data, and Reminder of Method for
Operators to Obtain User Name and
Password for Electronic Reporting.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY:
for covered employees will remain at 50
percent during calendar year 2019.
Operators are reminded that drug and
alcohol testing information must be
submitted for contractors who are
performing or are ready to perform
covered functions. For calendar year
2018 reporting, the ‘‘user name’’ and
‘‘password’’ for the Drug and Alcohol
Management Information System
(DAMIS) will be available in the
PHMSA Portal.
DATES: Effective January 1, 2019,
through December 31, 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Wayne Lemoi, Drug & Alcohol Program
Manager, telephone at 909–937–7232 or
by email at wayne.lemoi@dot.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
On January 19, 2010, (75 FR 2926)
PHMSA published an advisory bulletin
notifying operators of the appropriate
methodology for the annual collection
of contractor MIS drug and alcohol
testing data to avoid duplicative
reporting when a contractor works for
multiple operators. If an operator is
required to submit a MIS report in
accordance with part 199, that report is
not complete until PHMSA receives MIS
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data for each tested contractor that
performed covered functions as defined
in § 199.3. As explained in the 2010
Advisory Bulletin, operators must
submit operator and contractor
employee testing data in separate MIS
reports to avoid duplicative reporting
and inaccurate data that could affect the
positive rate for the entire industry.
Reminder of Method for Operators To
Obtain User Name and Password for
Electronic Reporting
By early January 2019, the user name
and password required for an operator
to access DAMIS and enter calendar
year 2018 data will be available to all
operator staff with access to the PHMSA
Portal. Pipeline operators have been
submitting reports required by 49 CFR
parts 191 and 195 through the PHMSA
Portal (https://portal.phmsa.dot.gov/
pipeline) since 2011. PHMSA
determined that distributing
information via the Portal would be
more effective than the previous mailing
process.
When the DAMIS user name and
password are available in the PHMSA
Portal, all registered users will receive
an email to that effect. If operator staff
responsible for submitting MIS reports
do not receive the DAMIS information,
they should coordinate with other
registered PHMSA Portal users within
their company to obtain the DAMIS user
name and password. Registered PHMSA
Portal users for an operator typically
include operator staff or consultants
who submit annual and incident reports
through PHMSA F 7000- and 7100series forms. Operators that have not
previously registered staff in the
PHMSA Portal for the reporting
purposes of parts 191 and 195 can
register users by following the
instructions at: https://
portal.phmsa.dot.gov/PHMSAPortal2/
staticContentRedesign/howto/Portal
AccountCreation.pdf.
Pursuant to §§ 199.119(a) and
199.229(a), operators with 50 or more
covered employees, including both
operator and contractor staff, are
required to submit annual MIS reports.
Operators with fewer than 50 total
covered employees are required to
submit MIS reports only upon written
request from PHMSA. If an operator
with fewer than 50 total covered
employees has submitted an MIS report
in or after calendar year 2016, the
PHMSA Portal message may state that
no MIS report is required for calendar
year 2018. If an operator with fewer
than 50 covered employees has grown to
more than 50 covered employees during
calendar year 2018, the PHMSA Portal
message will include instructions for
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how to obtain a DAMIS user name and
password for the 2018 calendar year
reporting period.
Issued in Washington, DC, on December 3,
2018, under authority delegated in 49 CFR
1.97.
Alan K. Mayberry,
Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
[Docket ID PHMSA-2018-0103]
Pipeline Safety: Random Drug Testing Rate; Management Information
System Reporting; and Obtaining Drug and Alcohol Management Information
System Sign-In Information
AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA),
DOT.
ACTION: Notice of Calendar Year 2019 Minimum Annual Percentage Rate for
Random Drug Testing, Reminder for Operators to Report Contractor MIS
Data, and Reminder of Method for Operators to Obtain User Name and
Password for Electronic Reporting.
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SUMMARY: PHMSA has determined that the minimum random drug testing rate
for covered employees will remain at 50 percent during calendar year
2019. Operators are reminded that drug and alcohol testing information
must be submitted for contractors who are performing or are ready to
perform covered functions. For calendar year 2018 reporting, the ``user
name'' and ``password'' for the Drug and Alcohol Management Information
System (DAMIS) will be available in the PHMSA Portal.
DATES: Effective January 1, 2019, through December 31, 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Wayne Lemoi, Drug & Alcohol Program
Manager, telephone at 909-937-7232 or by email at [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Notice of Calendar Year 2019 Minimum Annual Percentage Rate for Random
Drug Testing
Operators of natural gas, hazardous liquid, and carbon dioxide
pipelines and operators of liquefied natural gas and underground
natural gas storage facilities must randomly select and test a
percentage of all covered employees for prohibited drug use in
accordance with 49 CFR part 199. Pursuant to Sec. 199.105(c)(1), the
PHMSA minimum annual random drug testing rate for all covered employees
is 50 percent. The Administrator can adjust this random drug testing
rate based on the reported positive rate in the pipeline industry's
random drug tests, which is submitted in operators' annual Management
Information System (MIS) reports as required by Sec. 199.119(a). In
accordance with Sec. 199.105(c)(3), if the reported positive drug test
rate is below 1 percent for 2 consecutive years, the Administrator can
reduce the random drug testing rate to 25 percent of all covered
employees. In calendar year 2017, the random drug test positive rate
for the entire pipeline industry was reported at greater than 1
percent; therefore, the minimum annual random drug testing rate for
calendar year 2019 is maintained at 50 percent of all covered
employees.
Reminder for Operators To Report Contractor MIS Data
On January 19, 2010, (75 FR 2926) PHMSA published an advisory
bulletin notifying operators of the appropriate methodology for the
annual collection of contractor MIS drug and alcohol testing data to
avoid duplicative reporting when a contractor works for multiple
operators. If an operator is required to submit a MIS report in
accordance with part 199, that report is not complete until PHMSA
receives MIS data for each tested contractor that performed covered
functions as defined in Sec. 199.3. As explained in the 2010 Advisory
Bulletin, operators must submit operator and contractor employee
testing data in separate MIS reports to avoid duplicative reporting and
inaccurate data that could affect the positive rate for the entire
industry.
Reminder of Method for Operators To Obtain User Name and Password for
Electronic Reporting
By early January 2019, the user name and password required for an
operator to access DAMIS and enter calendar year 2018 data will be
available to all operator staff with access to the PHMSA Portal.
Pipeline operators have been submitting reports required by 49 CFR
parts 191 and 195 through the PHMSA Portal (https://portal.phmsa.dot.gov/pipeline) since 2011. PHMSA determined that
distributing information via the Portal would be more effective than
the previous mailing process.
When the DAMIS user name and password are available in the PHMSA
Portal, all registered users will receive an email to that effect. If
operator staff responsible for submitting MIS reports do not receive
the DAMIS information, they should coordinate with other registered
PHMSA Portal users within their company to obtain the DAMIS user name
and password. Registered PHMSA Portal users for an operator typically
include operator staff or consultants who submit annual and incident
reports through PHMSA F 7000- and 7100-series forms. Operators that
have not previously registered staff in the PHMSA Portal for the
reporting purposes of parts 191 and 195 can register users by following
the instructions at: https://portal.phmsa.dot.gov/PHMSAPortal2/staticContentRedesign/howto/PortalAccountCreation.pdf.
Pursuant to Sec. Sec. 199.119(a) and 199.229(a), operators with 50
or more covered employees, including both operator and contractor
staff, are required to submit annual MIS reports. Operators with fewer
than 50 total covered employees are required to submit MIS reports only
upon written request from PHMSA. If an operator with fewer than 50
total covered employees has submitted an MIS report in or after
calendar year 2016, the PHMSA Portal message may state that no MIS
report is required for calendar year 2018. If an operator with fewer
than 50 covered employees has grown to more than 50 covered employees
during calendar year 2018, the PHMSA Portal message will include
instructions for
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how to obtain a DAMIS user name and password for the 2018 calendar year
reporting period.
Issued in Washington, DC, on December 3, 2018, under authority
delegated in 49 CFR 1.97.
Alan K. Mayberry,
Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety.
[FR Doc. 2018-26750 Filed 12-10-18; 8:45 am]
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